WASHINGTON TALK: BRIEFING

WASHINGTON TALK: BRIEFING; Friends of Forests

By David Binder and Philip Shabecoff

Published: October 31, 1988

Jungle fever is sweeping the nation's capital.

Last night, a group of environmental organizations, headed by the Tropical Ecosystem Research and Rescue Alliance International, held a rally to publicize and raise funds for a campaign to stop they destruction of Malaysia's rain forest and the Penan tribe beneath its canopy.

The Smithsonian Institution and the Global Tomorrow Coalition are sponsoring a Rain Forest Town Meeting Nov. 14 at the National Museum of Natural History. The Smithsonian's Traveling Exhibition Service is to hold a Festival of Rain Forest Folklife, Nov. 11-13 at the S. Dillon Ripley Center.